Pirates' Day (Sept. 19th) Guide

Avast, ye landlubbers--it's that time of year again! Put on your Bicorne d'amiral de la Voile sanglante and get ready to celebrate pirates because September 19th is Jour des pirates in World of Warcraft--an in-game version of the international holiday Talk Like A Pirate Day. While not a full-blown holiday, Pirates' Day still brings the grog and its very own achievement for the one day it comes to Azeroth.

While you can get the buff from pirates throughout the faction cities, the main festivities take place in Booty Bay; here players will find pirates celebrating on top the roof of the Booty Bay bank. Once you've arrived, speak to the Dread Captain DeMeza and share a festive drink. She will grant you the Corsaire de l’effroi buff, giving you a sweet pirate costume of whatever race your character is which lasts 12 hours! This buff will stay on while mounted, in combat, and even persists through death--unless, of course, you're a druid and you like to shapeshift.

Obtaining this buff will also earn you one achievement: Le butin du capitaine. Since it can only be obtained in this 24 hour window, it's one of the rarer achievements in-game--even if it doesn't help you with any holiday metas!

You can even get into the spirit of the festivities with the Pirate Speak addon which can be found on WoWInterface. Pirate Speak will spice up your in-game chatting with familiar pirate dialect, though you will have to enable out-of-date addons. Download it and get in the spirit of the holiday--by annoying everyone!

Commentaire de Sooba

I hate that (feral, guardian and balance) druids are never able to keep those buffs :( Can't blizz just let them persist through shapeshifting?

Commentaire de Eqweex

on 2012-09-19T10:23:27-05:00

Worth to mention is that there are pirates in the big cities as well (at least in Stormwind), who also give you the buff. I already had the achievement, so I don't know if they give it too, but maybe it could save you a trip to Booty Bay if you're lazy.

Commentaire de Mordakanen

on 2012-09-19T10:24:51-05:00

I hate that (feral, guardian and balance) druids are never able to keep those buffs :( Can't blizz just let them persist through shapeshifting?

Quit yer blubberin'! Yarr!

(But srsly, if it can persist through loss of life, surely it can persist through loss of regular shape, or maybe there's only 1 slot for shape shift affects, else you get funny effects. Like a pirate hat wearing (I use the term wearing loosely, more likely clipping horribly and sticking through your muzzle at a 45 degree angle) boomkin/bear/cat)

Commentaire de Interest

on 2012-09-19T10:45:17-05:00

Okay I'm all set to celebrate this day!

YARRRRRRRRRRR!

Commentaire de timmah83

on 2012-09-19T11:25:48-05:00

Fer the ARRRRR-lliance!

Commentaire de kamielirandolph

on 2012-09-19T11:47:21-05:00

Me? I’m dishonest, and a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly. It’s the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never predict when they’re going to do something incredibly… stupid.

Commentaire de kamielirandolph

on 2012-09-19T11:48:51-05:00

Elizabeth… it would never have worked between us darling. I’m sorry… Will… nice hat. Friends… This is the day that you will ALWAYS remember as the day that you…

Commentaire de Rankkor

on 2012-09-19T13:19:07-05:00

ARRRR Ye landlubbers be having a nice pirate's day.

Alas, it be a shame that dis fine day be lastin' fer only 24 hours, THE PIRATE'S LIFESTYLE BE WORTHY MORE THAN THAT me says'

AVAST YE! blizzard, ye cowardly curs, make this a proper celebration of 7 days ye lug-headed milksops, or there be plenty of consequences for the likes of ye. Swabs.

Arrr, these forums however be no place fer a gentlemen of fortune such as meself, Well, enough hemmin' and hawin' it be high time I weighed anchor and shoved off.

SHIVER ME TIMBERS first mate, SAIL OFF.

Commentaire de Keelerak

on 2012-09-20T07:28:35-05:00

IMO the least interesting event. If I want to look like Pirate I can just get Buccaneer Uniform and walk like that anytime in year. Even as druid.